Company Overview
Join Pillar5 Pharma, a trusted pharmaceutical manufacturer specializing in sterile ophthalmic products that help improve patients’ vision and quality of life. From our facility in Arnprior, our team is dedicated to producing safe, high-quality products while maintaining the highest standard of quality, compliance, and operational excellence.
Summary
Reporting to the Packaging Manager, the Material Handler minimizes downtime through material handling and turnovers. Through trouble shooting, problem solving and follow-up, the role ensures continuous, safe, and efficient production in all processes.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Issue and/or verify bulk and component to packaging jobs.
- Calculates yields and accountabilities of finished goods including SAP transactions.
- Returns and initiates packaging investigation reports.
- Brings correct components to job site, ensures that additional components are issued as needed, moves finished product to the warehouse, and provides material handling duties for other areas as required.
- Assists in the packaging area during operations and performing duties assigned to a Packager as requested by Supervisors.
- Completes job turnovers and component accountabilities, ensuring the completion of all documentation.
- Monitors all supplies for availability and expiry dates and places orders when required.
- Performs Packaging Team In-Process Designate (PTID) duties.
- Conduct lot/expiry and label verification, and other documentation reviews. Conduct verification of packaging jobs issued.
- Expedites line clearances, materials delivery, and equipment set-up, working with support teams as required.
- Ensures that quality issues and investigations are handled immediately and appropriately.
- Performs final packaging file review to achieve 100% RFT. Ensures that responsibility for documentation is part of the team culture.
- Follows and updates SOPs as required.
QUALIFICATIONS
- High School diploma
- Good mathematical, mechanical and computer skills
- Able to work shifts and meet the physical demands of this position.
- Ability to follow written procedures and read schematic drawings.
- Excellent time management, organizational, interpersonal, problem solving and communication skills.
- Strong technical knowledge of aseptic processing and pharmaceutical packaging
- Ability to work shifts.
- Experience with fork-lift, SAP system and/or inventory tracking systems, and Good Manufacturing Practices is a must.
COMPENSATION
- The starting rate for this position is $21.21 per hour. This a 12-month contract position.
This posting is for an existing vacancy. Pillar5 Pharma does not use AI at any stage of the recruitment or hiring process.
Pillar5 Pharma is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, provincial or local laws. Pillar5 Pharma welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Contract length: 12 months
Pay: $21.21-$25.92 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Arnprior, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Manufacturing: 1 year (required)
- Forklift: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
